Summit Program
8:00 AM
8:10 AM
Opening Ceremony
Welcome & Introductions
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ï‚· NABS Organizing Committee Members
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NABS Supporting Partners Recognition
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Summit Logistics
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Summit History
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NABS Program Committee Partners
Recognition -
Summit Overview & Workgroups Process
8:20 AM
Roots of Destruction in the 1800s
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Natural History Perspective—Wildlife as Commodity, Enemy, Vermin, & Tool of Repression across the Continent
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Tribal Perspective—Perpetual Devastation of Indigenous Communities Everywhere
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Ranching Perspective on Grasslands Loss—The Plow-Up and Pave-Over in Canada
8:50 AM
9:00 AM
Bison as National Mammal: Principles of Unity, Resilience & Health
Evolving from the Old West Way of Thinking: Wildlife Recovery Roundtable
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Landscape-Scale Approach to Wildlife Recovery
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Tribal Roles in Wildlife Recovery: Crossings & Corridors
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Rebound from Wildlife Poaching with America’s First National Park Establishment in 1872
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Cattle & Wildlife Working Wild Challenge
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Plains Species Assemblages: Prairie Dogs + Black-footed Ferrets + Swift Fox + Burrowing Owls
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Beneficial Soil Organisms
10:00 AM
10:10 AM
10:30 AM
NOON
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:20 PM
4:50 PM
5 PM - 7PM
Group Activity: Identifying Common Values
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Workgroup Set 1
LUNCH BREAK (food trucks Onsite)
Workgroup Set 2
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Workgroup Set 3
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Welcome Reception + Poster Dialogue